Chapter 376: A Private Visit to the Ministry of Industry to Make Weapons

Li Mi finally waited for the news of Mengzhou in this issue, but after hearing the news, Li Mi fell into a long-term shock!

"Engong, the reason why the big boss didn't dare to check was because the caravan was not a civilian caravan, but a procurement caravan of the Ministry of Industry, which involved government secrets, so ordinary Jianghu people didn't dare to touch it without permission......"

"The buying caravan of the Ministry of Works?"

"Exactly, according to the rules of the official, except for the eunuchs who guard the royal purchase, all the customs clearance cards must be retained for the certificate, but the Ministry of Industry is an exception, especially the prohibited things developed by the Shenji Battalion for military weapons, usually speaking, although the samples are retained, most of them are irrelevant or irrelevant things, just go through the motions, the real secret, and the certificate is not retained......"

"Where did that thing go now?"

"The news that Meng heard was that the things of these caravans were secretly sent to Wang Gong's factory......

"Wang Gongchang!" These are the three words that really shocked Li Mi!

Because in the history of the Ming Dynasty, there was a big explosion that shocked ancient and modern China and foreign countries, that is, the "Apocalypse Big Bang", also known as the "Wang Gongchang Big Bang"!

The explosion ranged two kilometers, killed and injured more than 20,000 people, and the victims of the explosion, regardless of men, women, old and children, were all naked, and their clothes were lost.

This explosion was also related to the Tunguska explosion in Siberia, Russia, and the Dead Mound incident in ancient India, and became the "mystery of the world's three natures".

Some people think it's a natural disaster, it's ball lightning or something, and some people think it's a man-made disaster, because Wang Gong Factory is the location of the Ministry of Industry's * warehouse!

In any case, the explosion suffered heavy casualties, the palace was affected, and the prince died in the explosion, some people say that the emperor was too frolicking to miss the state government, and the heavens sent down the punishment, so the Emperor of the Apocalypse issued an edict to appease the people.

To put it bluntly, this edict is the emperor's confession, admitting his mistakes to the whole world, and promising to be diligent and pro-government in the future.

However, the explosion of Wang Gongchang appeared in the Apocalypse year, during the reign of Zhu Youxiao of Ming Xizong, this Zhu Youxiao is the son of Zhu Changluo, after the death of Emperor Wanli, Zhu Changluo died violently after being the emperor for more than 20 days, and only then did Zhu Youxiao, the carpenter emperor, come to power.

It's only more than 20 years after Wanli now, and there are still more than 20 years before Zhu Youxiao ascends the throne, that is to say, this big bang is at least more than 20 years later, is it going to be triggered in advance?

Of course, if the apocalypse explosion is a man-made disaster, it is caused by the * warehouse of Wang Gong Factory, which is also somewhat untenable, although Wang Gong Factory has a daily output of * two tons, and the standing reserves are about 1,000 tons, but at that time they were *, the power is not great, and it is impossible to cause such a large explosion scale.

Moreover, even the explosion of the * warehouse cannot explain the strange phenomenon that the clothes of those who were killed and injured were removed, not to mention that hundreds of thousands of people were lifted into the sky and fell into flesh, and all kinds of strange phenomena are endless.

This explosion case is inconclusive in the research circles of later generations, and Li Mi is naturally not easy to judge, but since it is related to Wang Gongchang, he can't help but be vigilant, if it is, it may not be so powerful.

But if, as Li Mi expected, someone developed the yellow*, then the power would be different!

The apocalyptic explosion was caused by a new type of *, but in order to cover up the truth, it was not recorded in the history books.

Of course, these are just speculations, in any case, since Li Mi took the initiative to dig up this incident, it is natural to investigate clearly, at least to confirm whether those yellow seaweed mud are a new type of yellow*.

After all, if there was going to be an explosion, there would be tens of thousands or more casualties!

If it weren't for the fact that he overheard the people in the post house talking about this, if he hadn't tracked it down by himself, Li Mi wouldn't know anything about it.

But now that he already knows, Li Mi has no reason to let go!

Whether this yellow seaweed mud is the raw material of the Ministry of Industry or Zhou Yu's conspiracy, Li Mi must find out.

It's just that all the things are sent to Wang Gong's factory right now, and if you want to investigate, you can only go to the Ministry of Industry, Li Mi is also a little famous in Suzhou City, but when he arrives in this land of dragons and phoenixes, he is said to be from the seventh grade deputy manager, which is his famous command, and it may not work, not to mention that he can't take out this gold medal to be used.

Xiang Mu and Shi Chongsheng had an extremely deep relationship with the Ministry of Industry in the past, after all, they were people at the level of a great grandmaster, and this time the royal family had also asked Shi Chongsheng to be invited, but this great grandmaster politely refused.

Li Mi went to Zhejiang earlier, and thanks to Yuan Keli's letters, he became Wu Weizhong's righteous son, and then because of his letters, he was appreciated by Wang Shizhen and others.

This time I also came in a hurry, and I didn't expect to deal with the Ministry of Industry, so Shi Chongsheng and Xiang Mu didn't have a letter of recommendation, if there was a handwriting of the two, it would be easier to enter the Ministry of Industry.

But Li Mi is not completely helpless, although there is no letter, but there are other things!

Li Mi thought so, so he let Meng Xuan lead the way, Heng Zhi did not bother the two masters, Meng Zhou was better than the guide sent by Mo Hengluan.

Meng Zhou is a person in the rivers and lakes, and the Ministry of Industry is in addition to the Ministry of War, a yamen that martial arts people are most afraid of, he thought that Li Mi would stop there, but he didn't expect Li Mi to really go to the Ministry of Industry, which also made Meng Zhou feel very admired.

Li Mi didn't want to say anything more, Zhen Mi and the others didn't have to take it, let Meng Zhou lead it to Wang Gongchang's side, and let Meng Zhou wait outside.

Wang Gongchang is located in the southwest corner of the capital, after the Yongding Gate, do not go to the Zhengyang Gate, directly from the Xuanwu Gate to enter, but the Xuanwu Gate is too eye-catching, Mengzhou is with Li Mi from the Xibian Gate such a small city gate in.

This place was originally called the Foundry Factory, which was a government-run factory for the manufacture of munitions in the Ming Dynasty, which mainly produced *, guns, guns and lead bullets, etc., needless to say how heavily guarded it was.

Before Li Mi approached, he asked the guards to stop him, although he was wearing a green official uniform, but it was useless, after all, it was a military place, and how could ordinary people enter it.

However, Li Mi also had a countermeasure for a long time, earlier he led the city to investigate, in order to facilitate his actions, the governor Mo Hengluan gave him a ticket, which happened to be used at this time.

The Zhu ticket of the governor of Nanzhili is still somewhat useful in the end, Li Mi entered the gate smoothly, but the guard took him to the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry.

The Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry is a subordinate yamen of the Ministry of Industry, and the chief officer is the ambassador of the Ordnance Bureau, and he is only an official of the ninth grade, but he relies on the Ministry of Industry, and no one dares to underestimate this ambassador.

However, what surprised Li Mi was that when he came to this weapons bureau, there was a eunuch sitting inside, who was commanding and ignoring Li Mi.

It is not the first time that Li Mi has dealt with eunuchs, Wang Mude, the eunuch who guards the town, Li Jinzhong, the eunuch of the Jiazi library, and other names are brought out, and the eunuch of the Ordnance Bureau is also easy to speak, so the reason is revealed.

It turned out that he was not a member of the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, but a eunuch of the Eighth Bureau of the Inner Palace.

The Eighth Bureau of the Inner Palace, that is, the Soldiers Bureau, the Silver Bureau, the Scarf and Hat Bureau, and the Inner Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, have positions such as palm prints eunuchs and books, and this one in front of him is just a supervisor.

The War Bureau was originally set up by Zhu Yuanzhang to manufacture the armor and weapons needed by the emperor's honor guard and brocade guards, as well as some firearms.

They are independent yamen, and they only serve the palace ban, and these armor weapons are only made once every three years, but they are made with the help of the Ministry of Works.

The firearms of the Ming Dynasty were not put into the military earlier, but were only used as honor guards, such as salutes, so they were also manufactured by the War Bureau.

However, it was later put into the army on a large scale and was divided by the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, but there were more than 90 kinds of armor and weapons and more than 40 kinds of firearms, all of which were based on the standards of the War Bureau.

With the rapid development of firearms, the Ordnance Bureau has become the most important yamen of the Ming Dynasty's military industry, but Wang Gong's factory * warehouse is in charge of the War Bureau, and the Ming Dynasty eunuchs are in trouble, and the War Bureau gradually encroaches on the Ministry of Industry and Ordnance Bureau.

The ambassador of the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry is only a nine-rank official, but the War Bureau has a palm print eunuch and a commander and a military eunuch, etc., which is enough to crush the people of the Ministry of Industry Ordnance Bureau.

Most of the firearms of the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry were exported to the Shenji Battalion for use at various border gates, and it is conceivable how much oil and water could be fished in them.

Although Li Mi held Mo Hengluan's Zhu ticket, it was impossible for Mo Hengluan, a Nanzhili governor, to reach out to the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, let alone make the eunuchs of the War Bureau bow down.

Zhu Ticket deceived the guards at the door, after coming here, Li Mi didn't dare to take it out again, Li Jinzhong is the eunuch of the Jiazi Library, it is said that it has become a pawn meal now, and the name is still relatively easy to make.

But this is only a set of approximations, if you really want to go into the * warehouse to visit, the overseer eunuch is vigilant!

This Ministry of Industry Ordnance Bureau or Military Bureau is not an ordinary place, and there is nothing to see, it is a military secret, it must be ill-intentioned, if it weren't for Li Mi's official body and wearing official uniforms, I am afraid that this eunuch would have been arrested a long time ago!

Li Mi thought that the people of the Ministry of Industry were in charge, and even the "Tianlong Babu" belt given by Shi Chongsheng was worn outside, but who knew that the people of the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry had been occupied by the eunuch Magpie's Nest Dove of the War Bureau, and they were helpless for a while.

Li Mi was finally kicked out, and it was a blessing that he didn't let these people arrest him, and if he wanted to enter the * library, he really needed to think of other ways, so he had to return to his residence.

Wuju people entered Beijing to participate in the palace examination, which is an unprecedented event, because there is no precedent, holding the palace examination means that the emperor wants to hand-pick out the top three, and the first martial champion in the real sense of history will be born, who is not looking forward to it?

Therefore, the whole capital is also very lively, these martial arts people are also highly valued, and many high-ranking lords have also taken the opportunity to win over, after all, this martial arts is different, and martial arts people are very likely to be directly delegated to the army, serving as grass-roots officers, etc., and the future is promising!

Li Mi is also a martial artist, but unfortunately all this seems to have nothing to do with him, and he is still trying to get into the * library of the military battle bureau.

He didn't ask Mo Hengluan for help again, because a feudal official of Mo Hengluan's level was sensitive enough, and if he still peeked into military secrets, he could only provoke fire, and I believe that Mo Hengluan was both intentional and powerless.

Things are really as Li Mi expected, leaving Suzhou City and coming to this capital, the previous connections are wasted, it is really difficult to move an inch!

However, these yellow seaweed mud are very likely to cause a peerless explosion that killed and injured 20,000 people, how could Li Mi give up easily!